- Date
- July 23, 1981
- Place
- Palermo, ND · PALERMO, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N82563Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810723043969A
- Case key
- 123584
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3319 81/7/23 NR.PALERMO,ND PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 285 TIME - 0700 N82563 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALERMO,ND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: STARTERS SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG STARTER REMAINED ENGAGED.FOUND 3FT LENGTH OF CONDUCTOR IN STARTER SYS MELTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82563
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N82563Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N82563 · 1
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